LIVESTOCK ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP

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ABOUT

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PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION The Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership is a multi-stakeholder initiative that seeks to improve the environmental sustainability of the livestock sector through better methods, metrics and data.

BETTER METRICS FOR BETTER DECISIONSLEAP products are essential to address the environmental impact of livestock sector, while improving the efficiency and profitability of livestock supply chains.

LEAP is a cross-sector partnership that builds global consensus on addressing environmental impact of livestock

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BUILDING GLOBAL CONSENSUS

LEAP is a voluntary and collaborative partnership, based on the principle that all participants have an equal say in decision making. Approval by consensus is the basis to promote changes within the sector.

This approach is reflected in our organizational structure:

Steering CommitteeRepresented by governments, private sector and civil society, it provides overall guidance for the activities of the Partnership and oversees their implementation.

SecretariatHosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), it ensures that the work of the Partnership is based on international best practices.

Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs)Experts from various backgrounds and areas of research work together to provide scientific and technical advice.

THEMATIC AREAS

We develop methodologies and guidance to accelerate the implementation of best practices across livestock supply chains

Soil Carbon Stock Changes

Nutrient cycles

Water footprinting

Biodiversity Climatechange

Feedadditives

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DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

The LEAP guidance is developed using a multi-stakeholder process with a multi-tiered review structure where drafts are modified and consulted on iteratively.

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LEAP 1 & 2 LEAP 3

TAG FormationGlobal call for

technical advisorygroup (TAG)participants

Guidelines developmentThe TAGs build consensus anddevelops guidelines with thesupport of the Secretariat

Externaltechnical reviewDraft guidance reviewed by independent external experts

4 Internaltechnical reviewReview by the Secretariat,Steering Committee andtheir constituencies5

Public reviewDraft guidance released

for public comment

6Revision and

publicationThe Steering Committee,

Secretariat and TAGwork in synergy

to finalise andpublish Version 1

of guidance

7Road testingand application

Road testing of guidelinesfor consistency, applicability

and gap identification

8Revision

Guidelines updated by TAG based on the feedback

from road testing

9 Development of new guidelines Initiate new guideline development

Road testing and revision of LEAP guidelines to ensure clear, applicable and coherent technical guidance

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

LEAP, through its work programme from 2019 to 2021, contributes to consolidate the current guidance through road testing and dissemination of LEAP guidelines and development of tools in support of guideline application and uptake. LEAP3 aims to collect feedback for the improvement of the technical documents and provide guidance for the adoption and application of LEAP guidelines at various scales.

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HOW TO JOINThe Partnership is open to all organizations and governments.

As a LEAP member, your organization will have voice, get first-hand information on activities, and participate in the nomination of experts for the technical advisory groups.

More information on how to engage in this global initiative can be obtained at:

www.fao.org/partnerships/leap/en

Livestock-Partnership@fao.org

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